Basics of Microsoft Outlook/Email Microsoft Outlook
Workshop Outline for Improve Your Outlook Microsoft Outlook Contents Starting the application... 3 The Outlook 2010 window... 3 Expanding and minimizing a pane... 4 Resizing a pane... 4 The Navigation pane... 4 Default panes... 5 Collapsing and expanding the Navigation pane... 5 Outlook folders... 6 The Reading pane... 6 The Inbox... 6 Creating Messages... 7 Formatting messages... 8 Paste Options... 8 Working with messages... 9 Replying to a message... 9 Forwarding a message... 9 Handling Attachments... 10 Specifying email reply addresses.... 10 Managing junk email... 10 Search folders... 12 Signatures... 12 Add a signature to messages... 12 Automatic replies... 13 Setting Rules... 14 Creating Rules... 14 QuickSteps... 14 Page 2 of 14
Starting the application You can start a look by clicking on start and choosing all programs Microsoft office and Microsoft office 2010. The Outlook 2010 window The Outlook window also contains elements that are specific to the Outlook application. These elements include a Navigation pane, a Folder pane, a Reading pane, and a To-Do Bar. The Navigation pane shows the active pane and a set of buttons for switching the active pane. The Folder pan displays the Folder Contents list. The Reading pane displays emails. The To-Do Bar displays the Date Navigator, upcoming appointments, and tasks. Page 3 of 14
Expanding and minimizing a pane You can collapse and expand the Navigation pane and To-Do Bar by clicking the sidewayspointing caret-shaped buttons at the top of those panes. If the pane is expanded, clicking the button minimizes the pane. A minimized pane shows summary information and key buttons. If the pane is minimized, clicking the button expands the pane to show its full complement of information and commands. Resizing a pane You can increase or decrease the width of an individual pane in the program window. To do so, point the border of the pane so that the pointer appears as a double-headed arrow, and then drag the border to the left or right. The Navigation pane The Navigation pane provides centralized navigation to all parts of Outlook. The top section displays the active Outlook pane, and the bottom section contains the pane switching buttons. Page 4 of 14
Default panes Outlook provides several default panes where you can access folders or shortcuts specific to each pane. You can access each pane by clicking the pane-switching buttons in the Navigation pane. Available panes Mail Calendar Contacts Tasks Notes Folder Shortcuts Journal Collapsing and expanding the Navigation pane You can free up space in your Outlook windows by collapsing the Navigation pane. To collapse or expand the Navigation pane, either click the sideways-car=et symbol (< or >) at the top corner of the pane, or click the View tab and choose Normal, Minimized, or Off from the Navigation Pane menu. Page 5 of 14
Outlook folders Outlook provides folders in which you can save and store the items you create. You can access these folders by using the default panes within the Navigation pane. You can also access a folder by clicking the Folder List icon in the Navigation pane and then clicking the folder you want. You can use the default folders or create your own folders. The Reading pane Displayed only when a mail-related pane or folder is active Read contents of an item Preview and open attachments Follow a hyperlink Use voting buttons Respond to meeting requests The Inbox By default, all messages you receive are stored in the Inbox folder. This is one of the most frequently used folders in Outlook. You can read messagers stored in the Inbox. You can also create and send messages and reply to messages. Page 6 of 14
Icon Description New and unread message Message that s been read Message that s been read and replied to Message that s been read and forwarded Message with a file attachment Flagged message Additionally, a category indicator icon is shown for each message. By default, messages are uncategorized, so the box-shaped icon is white. You can assign a category in which case the icon will be blue, red, or one of the other available colors. Creating Messages The Bcc box Recipients can see who a message is sent to by looking at the e-mail header in the Outlook window. This is also true when you include a recipient on the cc line, However, you can send a Page 7 of 14
blind carbon copy (bcc) to a recipient. He or she will recive the copy, but none of the reipients will see the name on the To or CC lines. Selecting the message format By default, new messages are composed in HTML format. HTML formatting in messages enables you to apply character and paragraph formats to your message s body text. Formatting messages Message tab on Ribbon in Message window Format Text tab Mini toolbar Paste Options Page 8 of 14
Keep Source Formatting (preserves the original text formatting) Keep Text Only (cleans the text and removes all original formatting) Merge Formatting (matches the text around it) Use Destination Theme (when copying between documents changes to the standard styles for the new document) Working with messages Outlook provides a variety of tools for managing your email messasges. Reply Forward Delete and Restore Replying to a message Reply Creates a return message addressed only to the sender Reply All Creates a return message addressed to the sender and everytone who received a carbon copy of the original message. Forwarding a message By default, when you forward a message, you re really creating a new message. And in that new message, the entire original message is included in the body text, with the insertion point at the top of the new message. You can change this behavor using the Outlook Options dialog box. To open the dialog box, click the File tab and then click Options. In the left pane, click Mail to display the mail properties that you can configure. Scroll to the Replies and Forwards section. Page 9 of 14
Handling Attachments You can attach any type of file to an email message in order to send the file o the recipient. For example, you can send Word, graphics, sound, and movie files as attachements. You can attach a single file or multiple files to a message. By default, Outlook blocks potentially unsafe attachments, such as EXE and VBS. Specifying email reply addresses. By default, when a recipient replys to an email message, the reply is sent to the original sender s address. However, when you send a message, you might want replies to be sent to a different address. 1. Create a message 2. Open the message s Properties dialog box: a. On the Message tab, in the Tags group, click the Dialog Box Launcher. In the dialog box, check Have replies sent to. b. On the Options tab, in the More Options group, click Direct Replies To. In the dialog box, Have replies sent to is checked automatically. 3. Next to Have replies sent to, specify the email address to which you want replies sent. 4. Click Close 5. Finish the message and click send. Managing junk email You might get unwanted or junk email messages, which can clog your Inbox if they re nore managed properly. Outlook provides various tools to help you manage such messages. 1. The Junk Email folder 2. The Junk Email Filter 3. The Blocked Senders list 4. The Safe Senders list 5. Additional Options Page 10 of 14
The Junk email folder appears in the left-most column under your list of all mail folders. If you have any junk messages, this folder will appear in bold with a number in parenthesis to its right indicating the total number of messages. Simply click on the Junk folder to view these messages. To permanently delete this mail, select the Delete icon in the upper left of the Outlook Home tab while viewing an individual email, or right-click on the Junk folder and select Empty folder from the menu that appears. The first options in the Junk drop down menu reference the specific message that is selected in your mail Outlook window. For quick Junk mail filtering, select any of the following: Block Sender - automatically put any email from the sender's address into your Junk E- mail folder. Never Block Sender - messages where the sender's email address is in the From field will never be identified as Junk E-mail. Never Block Sender's Domain (@example.com) - any messages from that same domain will not be filtered as Junk E-mail. Never Block this Group or Mailing List - messages that use a distribution list may have the email address in the To, Cc or Bcc fields of the email you receive. In this case you would add them to the Safe Recipients List to ensure that messages aren't filtered as junk mail. Page 11 of 14
Search folders In Outlook, you can use built-in Search folders to find messages in a specific category or based on a specific condition. For example, you could use a Search folder to find all messages containing specific text. 1. In the Navigation pane, click Mail 2. Right-click Search Folders and choose New Search Folder 3. From the Select a Search Folder list, select a condition 4. Click OK Signatures You can create personalized signatures for your email messages that include text, images, your electronic business card, a logo, or even an image of your handwritten signature. 1. Open a new message. On the Message tab, in the Include group, click Signature, and then click Signatures. 2. Signatures command on the ribbon 3. On the E-mail Signature tab, click New. 4. Type a name for the signature, and then click OK. 5. In the Edit signature box, type the text that you want to include in the signature. 6. To format the text, select the text, and then use the style and formatting buttons to select the options that you want. Add a signature to messages 1. Signatures can be added automatically to all outgoing messages, or you can choose which messages include a signature. Page 12 of 14
2. Under Choose default signature, in the E-mail account list, click an email account with which you want to associate the signature. 3. In the New messages list, select the signature that you want to include. 4. If you want a signature to be included when you reply to or forward messages, in the Replies/forwards list, select the signature. Otherwise, click (none). Automatic replies You might want to send automatic replies to the email messages you receive, such as when you are out of the office on a business trip. You can use the Automatic Replies dialog box, formerly called the Out of Office Assistant, to send such replies. In order to process automatic replies, Outlook must be open and running on your computer or you must use an Exchange Server. In an Exchange Server environment, it is the server, not Outlook that manages the automatic replies. 1. Click the File tab, and then click the Info tab in the menu. 2. Click Automatic Replies (Out of Office). Page 13 of 14
3. In the Automatic Replies dialog box, select the Send Automatic Replies check box. 4. If you want to specify a set time and date range, select the Only send during this time range check box. Then set the Start time, and then set the End time. 5. In the Inside my organization tab, type the message that you want to send within your organization, and in the Outside my organization tab, type the message that you want to send outside your organization. 6. Click OK. Setting Rules A rule is an action that Microsoft Outlook takes automatically on an arriving or sent message that meets the conditions that you specify in the rule. You can choose many conditions and actions by using the Rules Wizard. Rules fall into one of two categories organization and notification. Rules don t operate on messages that have been read, only on those that are unread. Creating Rules You can create rules in at least two ways. If you have an email message that meets the criteria you want to use in your new rule, you can select that message, click Rules, and choose Create Rule. Alternatively, you can start the Rules Wizard by clicking Rules, choosing Manage Rules & Alerts, and clicking New Rule QuickSteps Page 14 of 14